Biased and Broken Bodies of Proof: White Heteropatriarchy, the Grand Jury Process, and Performance on Unarmed Black Flesh
59 Pages Posted: 31 Jul 2017 Last revised: 23 Oct 2018
Date Written: July 27, 2017
Abstract
Although scholars have theorized about systemic racialized police violence, less attention has been given to systemic practices in the investigations and grand jury proceedings surrounding cases of excessive police force and black bodies. This article, focusing on the shooting death of Michael Brown, emphasizes that it was not just the killing itself, but also the investigation and grand jury proceeding, which exemplify white heteropatriarchal performance on vulnerable bodies.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Cook, Blanche, Biased and Broken Bodies of Proof: White Heteropatriarchy, the Grand Jury Process, and Performance on Unarmed Black Flesh (July 27, 2017). 85 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY 567 (2017), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3009954 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3009954
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